DTVHINDIEXCLUSIVE: “Was very aware of Dhoni’s importance in world cricket” – Richard Madley said while remembering the 2008 IPL auction.
Richard Madley. (Source – Getty Images/Wales Online) Richard Madley, who is known as the first person to host an Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, recently discussed many interesting things about his experience of being the auctioneer at the mega event. He hosted the inaugural IPL auction on February 20, 2008, and continued hosting the auction until the 2018 edition. Recently Madley was asked whether he had any prior knowledge about MS Dhoni before entering the auction. The star wicketkeeper-batsman was the most expensive player at the event as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bought him for $1,500,000 (approximately Rs 6 crore) after the bidding started at $400,000 (approximately Rs 1.6 crore). Richard Madley gave a big statement regarding MS Dhoni Madley, in an exclusive chat with CricTracker, said that he was fully aware of Dhoni’s stature in the field of cricket as he was a cricket fan and the Indian captain’s unrealistic demand at the time of that auction did not surprise him. Richard Madley said, “I was very aware of Dhoni’s importance to Indian cricket, world cricket. I am a cricket fan, you know, I follow the game closely. So I knew he was potentially a player who was going to set things up. The first IPL auction, now, of course, it is random (auction set), you don’t know whose name will be the first to come out of that velvet bag that day. The former auctioneer said that, and I think Dhoni was thinking about the number five or six player. I think it was his fourth or fifth name that day and when his name came everyone went ‘aah’. And in those days, we used small cricket balls which were kept in a velvet bag. And on that came a player number, set number, which was his and there was a noise around the room you could tell there was excitement within the room.
What has changed in MS Dhoni’s IPL salary in the last few years? Know complete details
There is sure to be a change in MS Dhoni’s salary in IPL 2025. MS Dhoni (Photo Source: Getty Images) MS Dhoni is one of those players who has participated in all the editions of the Indian Premier League. He became famous all over the world after leading the Indian team to the title in the 2007 T-20 World Cup. And Chennai Super Kings signed him for $1.5 million in the first edition of IPL. CSK made him the captain and the first three seasons were very good for the franchise. The team reached the final in 2008 and won in 2010. Before the 2011 auction, CSK announced Dhoni as their first retention. The franchise retained him for the next three years for $1.8 million. Dhoni shone this time too and after the retirement of Sachin Tendulkar, he became the poster boy of Indian cricket. By now he had become an integral part of the CSK franchise and Chennai Super Kings again announced Dhoni as their first retention ahead of the 2014 mega auction. After this, Dhoni earned Rs 12.5 every season till 2017. CSK may retain Dhoni as an uncapped player before 2025 mega auction However, there were doubts whether Dhoni would be CSK’s first retention ahead of the 2018 mega auction due to his advanced age. But the franchise showed confidence in him and named him as the first retention. In this way, for the next three years i.e. till 2021, Dhoni earned Rs 15 crore per season. After this, Chennai retained Dhoni, but in the interest of the team, he himself refused to accept the retention at first. That season, CSK declared Ravindra Jadeja as their first retention and he got Rs 15 crore. After this, Dhoni got Rs 12 crore as second retention. This was Dhoni’s salary till 2024 and it is expected to change in IPL 2025. There are reports that CSK may retain Dhoni as an uncapped player ahead of the 2025 mega auction. This means that the two-time World Cup winning captain will get Rs 4 crore. However, neither the franchise nor Dhoni has confirmed this. Now, official information will be revealed when CSK announces its retention on October 31.
Virat Kohli broke MS Dhoni’s big record in Bengaluru, now behind only Sachin in this matter
Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion without opening his account in the Bengaluru Test. Virat Kohli (Photo Source: Virat Kohli has made a big record for the Indian cricket team. He has become the second player to play the most number of international matches for India. Virat Kohli has broken Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record in this matter. However, after 8 years, when he came to bat at number three in Test cricket, he failed miserably. His account was not even opened at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. He has been playing IPL on this ground for more than 15 years. In such a situation, his getting out for zero in the first innings of this historic match is not a good thing for a big player like him. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli came to play the 536th international match for India today. MS Dhoni has played 535 matches for Team India. In this way, Virat Kohli went ahead of his former captain MS Dhoni, but Virat is still 128 matches behind Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of Cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has played 664 matches for India in international cricket. At number four is Rahul Dravid, who has played 504 matches for India in his career and Rohit Sharma is at fifth position in the list, who has played 486 matches for India in international cricket so far. Players who have played most international matches for India 664 matches – Sachin Tendulkar 536 matches – Virat Kohli 535 matches – MS Dhoni 504 matches – Rahul Dravid 486 matches – Rohit Sharma
Rohit could not recognize MS Dhoni’s helicopter shot on Kapil Sharma’s talk show, watch viral video
Dhoni is famous for his helicopter shot in the cricket world. Axar Patel and Rohit Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter The Indian cricket team won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 this year under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. So, five players of this team have recently appeared on comedian Kapil K Sharma’s talk show ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’. During this time, Suryakumar Yadav, Akshar Patel, Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Dubey from the T20 World Cup winning team also reached the show to support captain Rohit. So during this time in the show, Rohit gets a card with the name of MS Dhoni, and the other cricketer has to act as that player and Rohit has to recognize the name of that cricketer. Since Rohit had not seen the card before, he could not recognize Dhoni from the acting done by Akshar Patel. Akshar acted out the six hit by Dhoni in the World Cup 2011, but Rohit could not recognize it. But during this, when Suryakumar Yadav enacts Dhoni’s iconic helicopter shot, Rohit immediately takes the name of MSD. After this he said, if you want to recognize Dhoni then fly the helicopter. Watch this viral video of Rohit Sharma on the internet Thalla for a reason 🙌 #iykyk Watch the new episode of #TheGreatIndianKapilShow Season 2, this Funnyvaar, 8 pm, only on Netflix! #TheGreatIndianKapilShowOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/JdIf2D9WGU — Netflix India (@NetflixIndia) October 3, 2024 On the other hand, if we give you information about Rohit Sharma, he was seen playing in the recently concluded two-match home Test series against Bangladesh. In this series, Team India, under the leadership of Rohit, whitewashed Bangladesh and won the Test series 2-0. So now Rohit will be seen playing for the Indian team in the upcoming three-match home test series against New Zealand. This series against New Zealand will start from October 16 with the first match to be held at M Chinnaswamy in Bengaluru. So after this, the second match of the series will be played in Pune, while the third match will be played in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
“We were shouting at Doug, don’t go, don’t go, don’t go, but…” – Mohit Sharma said on Dhoni’s dispute with the umpire
IPL 2019: MS Dhoni is the most successful bowler in IPL history. The great MS Dhoni, known for his calm and composed nature on the cricket field, is considered one of the greatest captains in the history of the game. He also got the nickname of ‘Captain Cool’ by his fans. However, Dhoni has been seen getting angry on the cricket field many times by the fans. One of the biggest incidents among these was during IPL 2019 when Dhoni entered the field in the middle of the match due to a no ball controversy and started fighting with the umpires. Now former CSK fast bowler Mohit Sharma has spoken on this incident and told what was the atmosphere in the dressing room at that time. Let us tell you, during the 2019 IPL, there was a controversy when the umpire took back the decision after giving a no ball during a match against Rajasthan Royals. In the last over, CSK needed some 8 runs to win. One of Ben Stokes’ balls was above the waist, one umpire gave it a no ball while the other umpire standing at square leg overturned the decision. Mahi got furious and entered the field to fight with the umpire. We were shouting, don’t go, don’t go, don’t go – Mohit Sharma said about MS Dhoni Recalling this incident, Mohit Sharma said on the 2 Sloggers podcast, “We were in the dugout, we were shouting, don’t go, don’t go, don’t go. But he didn’t even look back. He went like this, when it seemed like a lion had entered. He was already angry because he got out at the wrong time. He had just come to the dugout after getting out and the next ball was a no ball and the umpire did not give it.” He further said, “When he returned, he asked me to bring the laptop. Then the video analyst showed him the video and he said, ‘It was a no-ball.’ However, he also regretted going to the field. But the match was so exciting that all this happened in the blink of an eye.”
‘Keep calm and bowl’ Tushar Deshpande reveals how MS Dhoni’s words inspired him
Recalling an incident during IPL 2023, Deshpande has made a big statement. CSK vs PBKS (Image Credit- Twitter X) It was MS Dhoni, because of whom Indian fast bowler Tushar Deshpande touched new heights during IPL 2023. It is worth noting that that season Chennai Super Kings (CSK) was facing a lot of problems with fast bowlers. But in this situation, young Deshpande not only led the team’s fast bowling unit, but also played an important role in the team’s 5th title win. So now Deshpande has recently given a statement about MS Dhoni that season, how one of his advice inspired him to bowl brilliantly. Tushar Deshpande gave a big statement about Dhoni Let us tell you that recently in a discussion with ESPN Cricinfo, Tushar Deshpande said- Dhoni told me, you have everything to succeed at the international level. But you have to stay calm during the run-up. Don’t get distracted by the crowd, just take a deep breath, stay calm and bowl. If Mahi tells you that you have everything to succeed at the international level, then boss, that is an achievement in itself. Recalling a match that season, Tushar said- In one match I was bowling a good yorker, but suddenly I bowled a bouncer and got hit for a 100-meter six. He asked me ‘why did you bowl a bouncer?’ I told him that I thought he was expecting a yorker. He told me not to play cricket in the mind. A yorker is a yorker and no one can hit you. On the other hand, if we tell you about Deshpande’s performance in that season IPL 2023, he took 21 wickets in 16 matches played, and played an important role in CSK’s 5th title win.
Dhruv Jurel did a great feat, created history by equaling MS Dhoni’s record
Dhruv Jurel is representing India A team in Duleep Trophy 2024. He has equaled MS Dhoni’s record for most catches by a wicketkeeper in an innings in his very first match of the tournament. Dhruv Jurel equals big Record of MS Dhoni (Source Dhruv Jurel equals big Record of MS Dhoni: Young players continue to dominate the Duleep Trophy 2024 tournament. Young wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel has achieved a great feat in the 51st season of the tournament. He has equaled former India player MS Dhoni in a unique record. Dhruv Jurel is representing India A team in Duleep Trophy 2024. He has equaled MS Dhoni’s record for most catches by a wicketkeeper in an innings in his very first match of the tournament. Dhruv Jurel equals Dhoni’s record Both India A and India B teams are playing against each other at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Dhruv Jurel has taken 7 catches in the second innings of this match. During this record-breaking performance, Dhruv Jurel dismissed Mushir Khan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Sai Kishore and Navdeep Saini. Earlier in 2004-05, MS Dhoni also achieved this feat while playing for East Zone in a match against West Zone. Dhoni also took 7 catches. With this, Dhruv Jurel has jointly reached the top position. Before MS Dhoni, this record was in the name of Sunil Benjamin. While playing for Central Zone in the 1973-74 Duleep Trophy season, he took 6 catches and made 1 stumping in a single innings. Apart from this, S Vishwanath had achieved the feat of taking 6 catches in a single innings while playing for South Zone in 1980-81. Most catches in an innings by a wicket-keeper in the Duleep Trophy MS Dhoni (East Zone) – 7 catches against Central Zone in 2004-05 Dhruv Jurel (India A) – 2024-25, 7 catches against India B Sunil Benjamin (Central Zone) – 1973-74, 6 catches against North Zone Sadanand Vishwanath (South Zone) – 6 catches against Central Zone in 1980-81
Top 3 Wicket Keepers: Names of the 3 best wicket keepers in the world revealed – Check if Dhoni’s name is there or not?
In the list of top three best wicketkeepers in the world made by Adam Gilchrist, one is a former Australian wicketkeeper while the other two are former wicketkeepers of the Indian and Sri Lankan cricket teams. Dhoni stumping (Twitter) World Best top 3 Wicket Keeper: Former Australian wicketkeeper batsman Adam Gilchrist has named the three best wicketkeepers in the world. In the list of three best wicketkeepers in the world made by Gilchrist, one is a former Australian wicketkeeper, while the other two are former wicketkeepers of the Indian and Sri Lankan cricket teams. List of the best wicket keepers in the world (Top 3 Wicket Keepers) 1. Rodney Marsh Rod Marsh (Source X) Responding to this question asked by the Times of India, Adam Gilchrist first of all described former Australian wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh as the best wicketkeeper in the world. Gilchrist also explained his choice and described former Australian wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh as his idol and said that he also wanted to be like Rodney Marsh. Rod Marsh was one of the most prominent wicketkeepers of the game during the 70s and 80s. He played 96 Tests and 92 ODIs for Australia. He made 479 dismissals in 188 international matches which is quite impressive. Format Match Catch run out Stumping Tests 96 343 1 12 ODI 92 120 0 4 T20I , , , , 2. MS Dhoni Glenn Maxwell of Australia is stumped by MS Dhoni. (Photo by Zak Kaczmarek/Getty Images) After this, the second position was given to the best wicketkeeper of the Indian team and former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gilchrist called Dhoni the second best wicketkeeper in the world. At the same time, Adam Gilchrist, who called Mahendra Singh Dhoni cool, said that he likes Dhoni’s coolness a lot. Dhoni has made 829 dismissals in 538 international matches which includes catches, runs and stumpings. He holds the record for the fastest stumping which he did in 0.08 seconds. Let us tell you that MS Dhoni is at third place in the list of all-time greatest wicketkeepers in the world. Format Match Catch run out Stumping Tests 90 256 3 38 ODI 350 321 22 123 T20I 98 57 8 34 3. Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images) At the same time, former Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara has been given the third position. Also talking about Sangakkara, Gilchrist said that whether it is batting in the top order or wicketkeeping, Sangakkara has good quality in everything. In his 15-year career, he scored 63 centuries and made 678 dismissals in 594 international matches. Format Match Catch run out Stumping Tests 134 182 4 20 ODI 404 402 20 99 T20I 56 25 5 20
Is MS Dhoni’s jersey really on the wall of Cristiano Ronaldo’s house? Know the truth of the viral video
MS Dhoni Jersey on Cristiano Ronaldo Wall: Legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is a world icon and one of the most popular football players of all time. According to social media numbers, Ronaldo is the most famous personality in the world. He has more than 635 million followers on Instagram. More than 112.4 million people follow him on X. Ronaldo is a well-known face in football. On Thursday (August 15), Ronaldo shared a video on Instagram which is becoming increasingly viral. As soon as the video was seen, the fans noticed a T-shirt with number 7 hanging on the wall. Some users claimed that this is MS Dhoni’s jersey. The former captain of India wears jersey number 7. Many users say that Ronaldo is also a fan of Dhoni and that is why the legendary Indian cricketer’s jersey number-7 is on his wall. What is the truth behind the viral video In such a situation, it is obvious to raise the question whether Dhoni’s jersey is really hanging behind Ronaldo? Has former Indian captain Dhoni gifted his jersey to football icon Ronaldo? Let us tell you the truth, which will shock you. Actually, Dhoni’s jersey is not on Ronaldo’s wall. This T-shirt belongs to the star footballer himself. Ronaldo has been wearing the number-7 jersey for the last two decades. He continued to wear this jersey even after joining the Saudi Arabian club. Ronaldo signed with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr in January 2023. The jersey seen in Ronaldo’s video is the T-shirt of the Al-Nassr football team. Ronaldo wore the number-7 jersey for Manchester United from 2003 to 2009. He started with number-9 for Real Madrid but then returned to number seven. When he joined Juventus, he also wore jersey number-7, which he retained until his return to Manchester United in 2021. He wears a T-shirt of the same number while playing for Al-Nassr. On the other hand, Dhoni has worn jersey number 7 since his debut. The BCCI retired the number seven jersey in honor of Dhoni in 2023. No Indian player can now choose this jersey number. Dhoni is the only captain to win the T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup and Champions Trophy. He retired from international cricket in 2020. 43-year-old Dhoni now plays only in the IPL. MS Dhoni Jersey on Cristiano Ronaldo Wall Fact Check pic.twitter.com/OgfvvO0ZBg — Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) August 15, 2024
On completion of 4 years of Dhoni’s retirement, Star Sports released a special video of Rohit Sharma; you will cry
On the completion of four years of MS Dhoni’s retirement from international cricket, Star Sports has shared a video from the year 2021 on its official X handle. Rohit Sharma of India celebrates with MS Dhoni. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) On August 15, 2020, Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket through a short post on Instagram. After that Dhoni IPLDhoni continues to play in the Indian team, where he remains a fan favourite. His leadership, cricketing skills and contribution to Indian cricket have earned him a legendary status in the game. Dhoni has been responsible for grooming many of the current cricketers of the Indian team, including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and Shikhar Dhawan. Dhoni was known for giving opportunities to young and emerging players and supporting them through tough times and has played a key role in shaping the careers of many Indian cricketers. His belief in the abilities of players and his patience has allowed many players to grow under his leadership. On the completion of four years of MS Dhoni’s retirement from international cricket, Star Sports shared a video from the year 2021 on its official X handle, in which current Indian captain Rohit Sharma talks about Dhoni’s role in shaping his career. Rohit Sharma reveals how Dhoni played a key role in shaping his career Rohit became the second Indian captain after Dhoni to win the T20 World Cup title when India ended their ICC Trophy drought in the West Indies in June earlier this year. In the video filmed during the T20 World Cup 2021, Rohit says- “I made my World Cup debut under him (Dhoni), which was in 2007 and since then our journey has been very long, we have played a lot of cricket together. His ability to be with a young player and encourage him, no matter what the situation of the game is, no matter how the player is performing, he just tries to make sure that there is enough restraint around that player, the player doesn’t feel insecure, and I think that is a very important thing when a player comes into the team.” “Even a player who has played a lot of matches, when he goes through a bad phase, you need someone who can come to you and pat your back and say ‘Hey there is nothing to worry about. You have all the ability, talent and everything, just need to go out there and enjoy the match. You need that kind of support and cooperation from your captain and that is what we all got when he was the captain. Watch this video Rohit Sharma talking about the great MS Dhoni. – Two best leaders ever….!!!! pic.twitter.com/aqyqP6umEW — Johns (@CricCrazyJohns) August 15, 2024 It is a matter of pride for India to have a captain like Dhoni Dhoni’s field placements, bowling changes and match tactics often surprised the opposition. His leadership style has influenced a generation of cricketers and he remains a role model for captains around the world. One…
